by Firebird
December 31, 2014 in Farscape by Firebird
After a forced landing, the crew is divided by an eloborate trap that leaves Crichton, D’Argo, Noranti and Rygel underground in a lava-filled system of caves. Chiana and Sikozu are left outside, trying to re-activate D’Argo’s ship. Inside, Crichton and the others are hunted down by mercenaries who are not only protected by energy shield belts, but are led by a monster impervious to the fiery lava.
by GuestBlogs
December 29, 2014 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by GuestBlogs
This week’s classic Star Trek episode is The Menagerie part 2. This is the second of two episodes that used footage from the rejected pilot episode the Cage. We rejoin Spock’s court martial with Spock pleading guilty to all counts. Mendez reminds Spock that all contact with Talos IV is forbidden but Spock tells him that he has no choice and he tells Pike that the Keeper has taken control of the screen. Pike flashes that he understands. The images resume. The images reveal that the Talosians using their great mental power of illusion had captured Pike and had begun an experiment to see if they could use humans to reclaim their barren planet.
by GuestBlogs
December 28, 2014 in Dr Who, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs
Over the past nine years Doctor Who has done two types of Christmas specials, the weird ones and the serious ones. This year, Steven Moffat has given us a Christmas Special that is both. Now then, when Russell T Davies was in charge of the show we got Christmas special which were basically the same as normal episodes only set at Christmas. These were good as they helped keep the episode credible but also festive. Steven Moffat seemed to take this one step further with fairytale stories and parodies of festive classics. These fitted with Moffat’s more fairy tale take on Doctor Who during Matt Smith’s era but we’ve moved on from there and are now in Peter Capaldi’s much more darker era so how does Last Christmas reflect this?
by GuestBlogs
December 27, 2014 in Blake's 7, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs
The sixth episode of Blake’s 7, titled Seek-Locate-Destroy, is once again written by series creator Terry Nation and it introduces us to two new semi-recurring cast members. But these are not playing more heroes who are joining Blake in his crusade, quite the opposite in fact. Jacqueline Pearce and Stephen Greif play our first two recurring villains, Federation Supreme Commander Servalan and Space Commander Travis. Cygnus Alpha director Vere Lorrimer returns to directing duties here and the episode also features Peter Miles who is most well remember amongst cult fans as Nyder in the classic Doctor Who story Genesis of the Daleks. Here he plays the small role of Rontane but both he and his character will be back in the series two episode Trail, but that’s a fair way off so let’s get back to focusing on the present and the present is Seek-Locate-Destroy.
by Firebird
December 24, 2014 in Farscape by Firebird
D’Argo and Sikozu come up with a plan to crash Elack onto the Peacekeeper pursuit craft, facilitating their escape. Crichton is forced to consort further with Grayza to ensure success. When the plan goes awry, the crew begins a search for the probe that will reverse the planet’s deadly atmospheric conditions, but a most unexpected enemy stops them in their tracks.
by GuestBlogs
December 22, 2014 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by GuestBlogs
This week’s classic Star Trek episode is The Menagerie part one. The Enterprise is summoned to Starbase 11 by its former captain Christopher Pike. Upon arriving at the base Kirk and McCoy find out that Pike had been injured and incapacitated to such an extent that he is confined to and dependent on an electronic wheelchair. Pike’s brain has also been damaged and he can only communicate through the light on his wheelchair one flash for yes two for no so it was impossible for him to send or even request a message be sent. Kirk and Commodore Mendez of the Starbase begin to investigate who had sent the message diverting the Enterprise there. It is then that we discover it was Spock who faked the message. He has a plan for Pike and kidnaps him and tricks the ships crew into believing that they are on a secret mission with the computers controlling the ship. Mendez shows Kirk a file from 11 years ago. It shows the only earth ship to visit planet Talos IV was the Enterprise with Pike in command and Spock as his second officer. Visiting Talos IV is the only death penalty left on the books.
by GuestBlogs
December 21, 2014 in Blake's 7, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs
In this latest edition of our weekly(ish) Blake’s 7 blog we take a look at the fifth episode of the series, The Web. Michael E Briant, the director of the first episode of the series, returns to direct this story written by Terry Nation and it’s also the first story of the series not to introduce any new recurring cast members. With that said I though it would be a good idea to recap what we’ve seen so far before we take a look at this episode. So then, our story began when we met Blake who was quickly revealed to have lost his memory but when he is reminded of it and sees the Federation for what they truly are he is imprisoned and sent to the penal planet Cygnus Alpha.
by Firebird
December 17, 2014 in Farscape by Firebird
Crichton, Chiana and Rygel are reunited with D’Argo and Jool at an archaeological site run by Jool’s people, the Interions. The purpose of the dig is to find a missing probe that might reverse the planet’s dangerous atmospheric conditions. Peacekeepers led by Grayza land and capture the crew, and Crichton finds himself unable to fight back, mysteriously compelled to do Grayza’s bidding.
by GuestBlogs
December 15, 2014 in Guest Blogs, Star Trek by GuestBlogs
This week’s classic Star trek episode is The Corbomite Maneuver. While mapping an uncharted unexplored region of space the Enterprise encounters a strange cube. The cube blocks the ships path and Spock orders all stop. After studying the cube and being held for eighteen hours Spock theorizes it is one of two things. A space buoy or flypaper. Kirk decides not to stick around and plans to move away from the cube. After several attempts to move away from the cube Kirk orders all stop but the cube continues to close on the ship and begins emitting dangerous radiation. With no other option and the cube still closing in Kirk orders a phaser strike that destroys the cube.
by GuestBlogs
December 13, 2014 in Dr Who, Guest Blogs by GuestBlogs
At the end of Frontier in Space we had the Daleks revealed as the true masterminds behind the plot to start a war between Earth and Draconia. While their plan was stopped, their army is still intent on invading the galaxy and this is where Planet of the Daleks comes in. The second part of the Dalek War story-line was written by Dalek creator Terry Nation, the first he penned since The Daleks’ Master Plan in 1965 with William Hartnell as the Doctor. He had taken the rights to use the Daleks away from Doctor Who back in the late sixties and attempted to launch them in their own series in America. However, nothing ever came to fruition and the Daleks were, in effect, gone forever. But an agreement was eventually reached to bring the Daleks back and after their first colour appearance in Day of the Daleks the previous year their creator was finally ready to return to them with new ideas, such as invisible Daleks and ice volcanoes, as well as old ones, such as Thals in a jungle setting and a Dalek base on the edge of said jungle, to add to the celebratory feel.
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